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Matt Strome wins the Calder Cup!!!

Huge week on tap for the Bears - two of this week’s games are against teams chasing them in the standings, and there’s a real possibility of falling out of the playoffs altogether with a bad stretch.

We’re saddened to learn of the passing of former Bears winger Bill Riley at the age of 75. Riley came to Hershey during the 1978-79 season, producing 30 points in 51 games, after making history as the first Black Nova Scotian to reach the NHL earlier in the decade with Hershey’s affiliate, the Washington Capitals. We send our condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones.

Hendrix Lapierre gets in alone and scores the first goal of the game! 🦅

The AHL referees struck again on Saturday night when they overturned a Hershey goal on a bad call, but that the most frustrating of many reasons the Bears lost a big game. bearshockeynation.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/lat…

Via the Bears website, King was told the referee thought the play was offsides and overrode the linesman, who called it correctly as onsides. As you can see, there are no guys in orange armbands in an appropriate spot to make such a call.

@88_heather_88_5 Consistently awful.

@HBHNationBlog Lyons needs a new job!

Thanks guys.

4x4 with 4:47 to play.

Brett Leason fires from the wall after a great chance and finds twins for his 14th goal of the season!

LV retakes the lead at 3-2.

SCORE!! Brett Leason ties the game at two!!

Hershey will go to the power play with 15:19 left in the third!

Third period is underway…

2-1 Phantoms after two. Shots on goal are 19-14 Bears. Hershey needs to find a way to get something to erase that poor call in the first.

@Ravens_Craze In our case, that was a reference to Lehigh Valley where Hershey is today, but both are likely the same!

@HBHNationBlog What else do you expect from Vegas fans

Hershey goes back to the power play with 15:44 left in the second. LV fans are chanting “ref you suck”, which is very rich.

The worst part of that disallowed goal is that this game is stained now. If the Bears lose by a goal, that bad call has decided this or at least played a significant role in it.

Fantastic pass by Louie Belpedio for Ilya Protas to score his 27th goal of the season on the power play! Trineyev also gets an assist!

Phantoms score on a deflection. It’s 2-1 LV (should be 2-2)

SCORE!! COUNT THAT ONE!! Ilya Protas on the power play! It’s 1-1!